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Encyclopedia: Punjab region

Punjab [ˈpʌnʤɑb] (Persian: پنجاب‎, meaning "Land of the five Rivers") (c.f. ap-); also Panjab (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ in Gurmukhi, پنجاب in Shahmukhi, Hindi: पंजाब, Urdu: پنجاب‎) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. Punjab has a long history and rich cultural heritage. The people of the Punjab are called Punjabis and they speak a language called Punjabi. The main religions in Indian Punjab are Sikhism and Hinduism, while Islam is the majority in Pakistani Punjab.

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How to say "Punjab region" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	パンジャーブ
	(German)	Punjab
	(Spanish)	Panyab
	(French)	Panjâb

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Cemetery H culture

The Cemetery H culture developed out of the northern part of the Indus Valley Civilisation around 1900 BC, in and around the Punjab region. It was named after a cemetery found in "area H" at Harappa. The distinguishing features of this culture include: The use of cremation of human remains. The...

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Indo-Gangetic plain

stretches from Kashmir in the north, the Punjab region of Pakistan & Aravalli Range, Rajasthan in the... silts. Crops grown here include rice,wheat, maize, corn, sugarcane, and cotton. The region is also...

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The Punjab (Pakistan)

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Ashraf Choudhary

Dr Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949) is a member of Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and is New Zealand's first Muslim MP. Choudhary was born in the Pakistani half of the Punjab region. His family, who were farmers, was relatively poor. Although his parents...

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Punjab (India)

Punjab is a state in northwest India, part of a larger Punjab region. Neighbouring regions are... of the words 'Punj', meaning five & 'Aab', meaning water. Punjab is a region of five rivers, the... links are extensive throughout the region. Sikhism is the main religion of the Indian Punjab, with about...

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Sagala

Sagala , today Sialkot, was a city of northern Pakistan in the Punjab region. Menander, king of Sagala (160-135 BC) Sagala was used as a capital by the Greco-Bactrian king Menander during his reign between 160 and 135 B.C. It was used as the venue for Milinda Panha, a philosophic dialogue...

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Islamabad

Islamabad (اسلاماباد, population 530,000) is the capital city of Pakistan, located in the north-east of the country. It is located within the Islamabad Capital Territory, though the area has historically been a part of the Punjab region. The city is situated at the edge of the Potohar...

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Punjabi language

and other countries with Punjabi migrants Region: Punjab First language speakers: 27,125,000... the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. It is an Indo-European language of the Indo... ���� Punjabi Official status Official language of: Punjab, India Regulated by: None Language...

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Religion in India

west of the country. Sikhism was founded in India's northwestern Punjab region about 400 years ago... Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, a small number of tribal peoples in the region of Bengal, and...

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Sikh

'Kara'. It is common knowledge that the languages of the Punjab region and also the Indian sub... Since Sikhism originated in the region of Punjab, most Sikhs trace their roots to that region (though... (historic Punjab). The word Sikh is derived from the Sanskrit ? (please look at the etymology paragraph)word...

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